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CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY CHAPTER
NEWS
November
2025
WEBSITE ADDRESS:
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Here is our winter agenda -- Mark these dates on your calendar
November 1-30, 2025 -- CRVC Display at Granby Public Library
Theme for 2025 is "Favorite Techniques"
Saturday, November 15, 2025 -- Stitch-In at the Granby (CT) Public Library
10:30am - 12:30pm
Monday, November 24, 2025 -- Deadline for registration for CRVC "Zelda the Zebra" workshop
Monday, December 1, 2025 -- Deadline for registration for CRVC "Exploring Blackwork" workshop
Saturday, December 6, 2025 -- CRVC Meeting & Workshop
"Exploring a Variety of Forms of Blackwork"
-- on fabric and/or canvas
Saturday, January 31 & March 7, 2026 -- CRVC Meeting & Workshop
"Zelda the Zebra" with Toni Gerdes
CRVC Meetings and Stitch-Ins --
CRVC Meeting
Saturday, December 6th, 2025 Exploring a Variety of Forms of Blackwork
All participants will be given at no charge a copy of Not
Exactly Blackwork by Susan Jones of Finger Step Designs.
In the morning, we will review the contents of the 33-page chartpack, and perhaps discuss the origins of
Blackwork and then its place in today’s needlework. Each participant can use this booklet to choose a
personal design -- perhaps one in the booklet or create one of her own. After lunch (bring your own or
join us around the table for take-out), we will provide some pieces of fabric and canvas as well as threads
to inspire you to proceed with your chosen project.
The workshop will take place from 10am to 4pm (with a 1-hour lunch break, around noon) at
Thistle
Needleworks in Wethersfield, CT and on Zoom.
There is no fee for this meeting/workshop, but registration is required so we will know how many copies of the
chartpack will be needed. You may do so by using the coupon at the end of this newsletter or by sending
an email to lindaberry343@gmail.com on or before December 1 st.
CRVC Meeting
Saturday, January 31st & March 7th, 2026
"Zelda the Zebra" with Toni Gerdes
 Zelda is an exuberant Patchwork Zebra with her stripes of many
colors. The jewel tone color palette makes Zelda exquisite. Zelda's "false" eyelashes will
have her flirting with you. Several Rainbow Gallery metallics, Caron threads, Straw Silk, and Planet
Earth Threads, along with beautiful beads, will be used to create her captivating design. The stitches
will include old favorites, as well as a few surprises. The background will be a white-on-white diagonal
pattern that emphasizes the design and enhances Zelda's whimsical personality.
Technique: Canvas Embroidery on 18ct. White Mono canvas
Level of Proficiency: Intermediate
Design Area: 11" x 9"
Kit Cost/Contents: $175; line drawn canvas, instructions, threads, and embellishment
This workshop will be in person at Thistle Needleworks and on Zoom, from 10am to 4pm each day
(with a 1-hour lunch break, around noon). There will be a 1-hour question-and-answer session with Toni Gerdes
each day at a time to be determined.
See the coupon at the end of this newsletter. The deadline for registration is November 24, 2025.
CRVC Display
The theme is Favorite Techniques, and you can see the pieces shown in a secure display area at the Granby
Public Library, 15 North Granby Road, Granby, CT. The 2025 display is on exhibit November 1-30.
Click on an image for an enlarged view
In conjunction with our November display at the Granby Public Library, CRVC will host a come-one,
come-all stitch-in at the library. It will be from 10:30 AM
to 12:30 PM on Saturday, November 15. If you can make it, bring along whatever you're working on for
a couple of relaxing hours of stitching and chatting with library patrons. Wear a name tag, please!
All members are welcome to attend CRVC Board meetings.
These meetings are held via Zoom.
Contact Judie at least 24 hours in advance at
JudieStichr@aol.com
for the links to these Zoom meetings and other CRVC Zoom meetings.
All members are welcome to attend the Pequot Colony Stitchers meetings.
These meetings are held irregularly via Zoom at 10am on the third
Wednesday of each month. Contact Stephanie at least 3 days in advance
at StephThorp@sbcglobal.net
for links to these Zoom meetings.
Members -- send
pictures of your
finished pieces
to Judie to be
included in the
next newsletter
America's Tapestry
The stitching area of the Connecticut Panel of America's Tapestry is approximately 36" x 48".
Click here to see
addition information about the Connecticut Panel.
Our members are welcome and, indeed, urged to add their talents to this piece. Contact Laura Kasowitz at
Hartford Stitch ( laura@hartfordstitch.com or 860-785-3093)
for more information.
A recent stitching project done by one of our members.... (click on the image for an enlarged view)
"Crewel Peacock" stitched by Tere Foley
CRVC Fund-Raising
The remaining books from the dissolved CRVC library, as well as other books and needlepoint canvases
that have been donated to the chapter, are now available for purchase.
Click here to
view/order the available items.
A Special Offering
A recent donation for our fund-raising efforts is a needlepoint of the University of Connecticut
crest. It is more than three-quarters stitched, and the threads to complete it are included.
AND it is mounted on a scroll frame, so all set to go. Once completed, it would make a beautiful
pillow or framed piece for a recent, not-so-recent, or soon-to-be UConn graduate. The crest is
9 1/2" diameter; stitched area is 11 1/2" square.
For sale to benefit CRVC -- best offer over $30.00. Please contact Ways and Means Chair Judie at
JudieStichr@aol.com. And thank you in advance!
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CRVC Program Registration Form
"Exploring a Variety of Forms of Blackwork" -- December 6th, 2025
In person at Thistle Needleworks and on Zoom
Mail the completed form to:
Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002
or email to lindaberry343@gmail.com
Deadline: December 1st, 2025
"Exploring a Variety of Forms of Blackwork"
____ I will attend -- hold a copy of Not Exactly Blackwork for me
Name:
__________________________________________________________________
Address:
__________________________________________________________________
Email:
__________________________________________________________________
Phone#:
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CRVC Program Registration Form
"Zelda the Zebra" with Toni Gerdes -- January 31st and March 7th, 2026
In person at Thistle Needleworks and on Zoom
Mail the completed form and check payable to CRVC-EGA to:
Linda Berry, 343 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002
lindaberry343@gmail.com
Deadline: November 24th, 2025
"Zelda the Zebra" with Toni Gerdes
____ Kit fee: $175
Name:
__________________________________________________________________
Address:
__________________________________________________________________
Email:
__________________________________________________________________
Phone#:
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